The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-02
HOUSE.


of Mondays session.
On motion of Belmont, the Senate
amendments to diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bills were non-con-
Cured in, and a conference was
ordered.
The bill making appropriations for the
payment of Mexican pensions was taken
up and passed.
mainder of the current fiscal year and
81 900, 900 for the next fiscal year.
Payson submitted the conference re-
port on the bill restricting to American
citizens the owners hip of real estate IN
| the territories, and it was agreed to.
Willis presented the conference report
on the river and harbor bill and on the
demand of Anderson (Kansas) the bill
was read in extenso, consuming over an
hour of time. The report states that
the Senate increased the items in the
House bill to a sum aggregating 81, 1Oe,-
600. This was reduced in the con-
ference to 81, sos, $50 The Senate added
twenty-nine new items, aggregatlng
81 OILS 900, which were reduced Ill the
conference to 1857 500. The total of the
original House bill was 81 ,459 $50. The
total of the bill as it passed the Senate
was $40 $40, $50, and as it comes
from the conference was SO, 919, 900.
The conference report on the river and
harbor bill was agreed to-yeas 1T,
nays 80,
Peel (Arkansas) submitted the con-
ference report on the Indian appropri-
alton bill, and it was agreed to.
Burnes (MisSourD moved to suspend
the rules and pass the deficiency appro-
priatiOn bill.
Another hour was consumed in the
reading of this measure.
Cannon (Illinois) said if the bill
we're up for reconsideration in the
ordinary, way he would move to
recommt it. 1t was not before the
House upon a report that was either
proper or courteous to the minority of
the committee. Yesterday for the first
time he saw the report. 1t had never
! been submitted to the committee, but if
it emanated from any person but the
gentleman from Missouri (Burnes) be
was ignorant of that fact. The bill ap-
propriated about So 500, 200, and in the
main he concurred in its re ommenda-
| tions. 1t was conspicuous for what was
not in it. 1t omitted an approximation
OF 81 600, $50 Tor services rendered by the
Central Pacific Railroad Company
over the 1000 miles of its leased
line. The Supreme Court had held that
that sum was due and payable by gov
eminent. He was not here to make a
plea for the Central Pacific, but only to
call attention to the fact that notwith
standing this decision of the highest
tribunal in the land, the committee on
appropriations, exercising sovereign
power to repudiate obligations of gov
eminent, had refused to make the ap-
preparation. The report of the COM
mittee stated that in the suit upon
which the judgment was rendered the
equities were not presented. The case
: had been prepared by Democratic at
torney-general, and if that officer by
fraud, collision or ignorance, failed
to do his duty, the gentleman
from Missouri should have moved
articles of impeachment.
Burnes (Missouri), in response to
Cannon's criticism, said while the re-
port had not been formally presented
to the committee, it had been approved
Informally by members of the majority,
and had been printed for one week. AS
far as the obligations of government
were concerned, he would never vote to
/
while the Central Pacific owed govern
ment $50 600 900, government had the
right to take $1,000 900, and hold it in
the Treasury to the credit of the COM
pany until the day of settlement came.
Patent fraud had been committed by
the company, and it was easy TO turn
the facts and circumstances before a
! jury that would convict every member
of incorporation who had participated
IN It's management for the last ten
years OF conduct that would make him
| better fitted for the cell of prison
house than for the chamber of states
men.
The motion to suspend the rules was
agreed to, and the bill was passed with
an amendment appropriet ng $27, 900
for printing and furnishing additional
silver certificates and legal tender notes
OF the denominations ofSI and 50.
Holman moved to suspend the rules
and put upon its passage the legislative
appropriation bill.
The House passed the legislative ex-
etutlye and Jnoic airy apr opriation bills
under a suspension of the rules.
The legislative and appropriation bill
passed by vote of I3S to a.
Mr.. Morrison Gllinois) called up the
conference report on the fractional
gallon tax bill.
Mr.. Butterworth (Ohio) raised the
question of consideration, and the
House refused-yess 101, nays 142-to
consider the conference report.
Mr. Belmont (New YORK; presented a
conference report on the fisheries re-
tailatory bill, announcing a disagree
ment.
Mr.. Rice tMassachusetts) called upon
members of the House to rise above
party considerations and take action
which would, su tain the admins
tration IN the manly. able and Ameri-
can position that il had taken on this
subject. He moved that the House
recede from its amendments to the
Senate bill.
Pending action the House took recess
till O'Clock in the evening, the session
to be devoted to the consideration of
bridge bills.
EVENING SESSION.
A large number of bills were passed
authorizing the construction of bridges,
and the House adjourned.